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Demo for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One Versions Now Available, Providing Players with a Historically-Inspired Experience that Explores Significant Psychological

Watford, United Kingdom —July 25, 2017 — Independent games publisher Wired Productions and developer LKA.it are proud to release today a complimentary game demo for the award winning, first-person psychological adventure game, The Town of Light. The demo is now available for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Played through the fictional eyes of Renée, a 16-year-old girl who suffers from the symptoms of mental illness, players must search for answers to the many questions from her past while exploring and uncovering the place where she spent most of her youth. What happens next is a dark and emotional journey where the lines...

Bridge the Gap Between Past and Future; Real and Virtual in Video Featurette,
“Building The Town of Light”

Navigating the corridors, rooms and grounds of Italian psychiatric asylum the Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra today elicits a very different atmosphere to when it was still fully operational – right up until the late 1970s. Its walls have succumbed to nature and its roofs no longer protect from the elements, yet remnants of the pain once suffered on its grounds are still palpable in the air.

In the haunting behind the scenes video ‘Building The Town of Light,’ game developer LKA.it explores the asylum, its surroundings and the emotional scars it left upon its inhabitants, highlighting how LKA digitally restored it for the award winning, first-person psychological adventure game, The Town of Light. Other discussion points include the challenges of development, the endeavor’s jarring...

Uncover the Secrets of the Volterra Psychiatric Asylum in the Enhanced Edition of this Solemn yet Striking Story of Mental Illness, Now Available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Windows PC

Watford, U.K. — June 6, 2017 — In partnership with developer LKA.it, independent games publisher Wired Productions is delighted to announce today that the chilling, first-person psychological adventure game The Town of Light is now available in physical and digital formats. Featuring countless enhancements along with new story-supporting content for its console debut, The Town of Light has arrived on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC. Distribution of the physical edition will be delivered in partnership with THQNordic.

A brand new launch trailer highlighting the game’s solemn, yet mysterious narrative was released alongside today’s announcement, which can be viewed at: [...

Wired Productions Collaborates with London South Bank University to Create an In-Depth Photo and Video Showcase of The Real Italian Asylum Which Inspired The Town of Light Video Game

Watford, U.K. — May 23, 2017 — In partnership with developer LKA.it, leading independent games publisher Wired Productions is thrilled to confirm today that it has teamed up with London South Bank University to unveil a new website which explores, through a series of stunning imagery and video footage, the real location that inspired The Town of Light video game.

Wired Productions flew filmmaker, writer, and student at London South Bank University, Alexandra Furssedonn Howard to Volterra, Italy to document the now defunct ‘Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra’ complex and surrounding area for a three-day shoot. Inspired by the peeling paint, abandoned furniture, and ominous mannequins, Alexandra looked to her love of gothic horror and the psychological when creating the Volterra art film...

New Live Action Trailer Highlights the Game’s Solemn yet Striking Story of Mental Illness, Headed to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Windows PC on June 6 in Physical and Digital Formats

Watford, U.K. — May 4, 2017 — In partnership with developer LKA.it, independent games publisher Wired Productions is pleased to confirm today that the chilling, first-person psychological adventure game The Town of Light will release on June 6, 2017 in physical and digital formats. Featuring numerous improvements and new supporting content for its console debut, The Town of Light is headed to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC. Distribution of the physical edition will be delivered in partnership with THQNordic.

A live action trailer, featuring the heart-rending track ‘I Will Find You’ from Icelandic singer-songwriter Sóley, has been released alongside today’s announcement to highlight...

Watford, U.K. — January 19, 2017 — Wired Productions, an independent games publisher, is pleased to reveal today that it has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with talented Italian developer LKA.it to bring an updated version of the award-winning psychological adventure The Town of Light to consoles and PC. Offering fresh, story-supporting content and a myriad of enhancements to its original release, The Town of Light will make its retail debut on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft in Q2 2017, alongside an improved Windows PC version.

An enhanced edition of the original, this new release of The Town of Light will offer new puzzles, additional story elements, reworked voiceover dialogue, more...